2015 Edinburgh Fringe
Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 2
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominees and Chortle Award winners Gein's Family Giftshop bring their second show to the Fringe. Ed, Kath, Jim and the one you never see are darker, faster and funnier than ever before, and they have an hour of brand new sketches that aren't for everyone but might just be for you. Winners: Best New Sketch Act and Audience Choice Award, London Sketchfest 2014. 'Would unsettle even the darker League of Gentlemen fan.' ***** (Sunday Times). 'Theirs is a dark and sinister comic world' (Guardian).
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Sketch Comedy Reawakens
As sketch group Daphne get nominated for the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award, Chris Head detects stirrings in the world of sketch comedy...
Chris Head, British Comedy Guide, 27th August 2015Gein's, Stephen Bailey, Phil Kay & Russell Hicks video (Link expired)
We asked sketch group Gein's Family Giftshop and comedians Stephen Bailey, Phil Kay and Russell Hicks a prying question or two in the #WOWwagon.
Alex Watson, WOW247, 24th August 2015Edinburgh sketch comedy roundup
From the Boosh-like Beard to Gein's Family Giftshop willy-jokes and Twisted Loaf's gurning grotesquery, here are five more festival sets to see.
Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 21st August 2015Pick of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015
We return from our third stint at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the second award for the best shows we saw during our time there. Ladies and gentleman, this is our Pick of the Fringe.
Bhavesh Jadva, Voice Magazine, 20th August 2015FRINGEBLOG8
So far so good with the shows that I have seen. It has been varied.
Paul Sinha, , 19th August 2015Edinburgh fringe 2015: comedians play consequences
It's an old parlour game with a new twist! With only the previous line to go on, Edinburgh-bound comics have to write a story. And it had better be funny...
Dane Baptiste, Aisling Bea, Rob Beckett, Fern Brady, Ed Gamble, Gein's Family Giftshop, Brett Goldstein, Ivo Graham, Kieran Hodgson, Milton Jones, Tony Law, Bobby Mair, John Robins & Katherine Ryan, The Guardian, 7th August 2015Fringe 10x10 - 10. Award winners
Comedians who have already scooped accolades.
Chortle, 31st July 2015Standard Issue's Edinburgh picks: Part 1
Next week the Edinburgh Fringe Festival kicks off and we'll be telling you about some of the best shows, as well where you can see your favourite Standard Issue contributors.
Standard Issue, 29th July 2015Gein's Family Giftshop and Alfie Brown preview
With the Edinburgh Fringe just around the corner, comedians across the land are busy polishing their new shows to make sure they are pitch perfect for their fringe run. So tonight we're lucky have two such shows, Gein's Family Giftshop with their latest show Volume 2, and Alfie Brown with his new routine Ism.
Matt Forrest, The Public Reviews, 27th July 2015Paul Sinha's Edinburgh tips
It is that time of year again, when people give you their considered advice on who you should go and see at the Edinburgh Fringe, whilst carefully hiding their real reasons for plugging the shows.
Paul Sinha, , 20th July 20155 must-see sketch shows at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe
Sketch shows; they're a genre within a genre. Don't know your Dead Parrots from your Local Shops? Worry not, because sketch shows at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe are as varied as the fudge flavours on the Royal Mile. From the deliciously dark to the deliriously silly, there's a sketch show to suit all tastes. So if you fancy a break from a lonely comic moaning in a dark room, here's five top sketch shows to take in at the Fringe.
Nic Wright, Giggle Beats, 17th July 2015Seven sketch comedy shows to see at the 2015 Fringe
The sketchiest beasts hitting this year's festival.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 10th July 201513 second shows to see at the 2015 Fringe
'Difficult second shows' to catch.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 10th July 201515 award winners and nominees to see at the Fringe
Returning comedy champions of the Fringe.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 10th July 201520 sketch and character comedy
Last year saw a very healthy resurgence of acclaimed sketch comedy, including several shows among the big award nominees, and this year is looking equally promising. Here are 20 to watch out for.
Laugh Out London, 9th July 2015Fringe 2015: the best comedy shows to book now
From television stars to intriguing newcomers, a guide to the hottest tickets for August.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 11th June 2015Hunting the Big Four: Our Comedy and Theatre Picks
Preview season heats up in July - a cheap opportunity to take in the best of the Fringe before it's even begun. Here are our picks.
Ben Venables and Emma Ainley-Walker, The Skinny, 25th May 2015More details
Following the critically acclaimed success of their debut show in 2014, Geins Family Giftshop return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with their second brand new show - the aptly titled Volume 2.
Ed, Kath, Jim and Kiri (the one you never see) are faster, funnier and more unpredictably peculiar than ever before, and they have an hour of brand new sketches that aren't for everyone but might just be for you.
The group is made up of Kath Hughes, Edward Easton, James Meehan and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean (the silent member in name only) and has been gigging for just over three years. They met whilst studying at The University of Salford, quickly bonding over a shared love of black comedies, serial killers and Walton Ford.
They have had a phenomenally successful twelve months during which time they were London Sketchfest 2014 Best New Sketch Act Winners and Audience Choice Award Winners; Chortle Best Newcomer Award Winners; and Noise Festival Curator's Choice Award Winners. They were also nominated for Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer and Chortle Best Sketch Act Award.
They appeared in the second series of Inside no. 9 after Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton came to see last year's show in Edinburgh. They have also been commissioned to write three one off shows by BBC Radio Wales and will be performing on Radio 4's Sketchorama, during this year's Fringe (all of which are due to be transmitted in August).
Performances
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| 5th Aug 2015 | 22:45 | Pleasance Courtyard |
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